572 Quotes About Pregnancy

Looking at the children, she knew that any hope for a new life would have to grow within her. She glanced at Nate, wondering if he felt as she did, that children were the only consolation in this world, the only recompense for so much suffering.

A cell.
An accident.
A person who would’ve been miserable anyway. An appointment.
A religious order.
An expense.
A political debate.
Anything but a soul. “Why?”
I don’t care who fights for my life.
I care that they do. They aren’t sure
When my life starts,
But they tell me when it ends.
My body, my rights.
Somebody, where’s mine?
I wasn’t going to come out
As a different thing.
So why am I treated
Like a different thing?
They knew what I’d be,

Imperfections, if we allowed them, can help to create a blinding love to fill a perfectly, imperfect life.

It is one thing, I was discovering, to think, "Maybe I won't have kids," and quite another to be told, "Maybe you can't." This is how impatience turns to desperation.

Sometimes the Light searched and listened for something unknown, but mostly it was warm and happy.

The wonder of the womb is the birth of a child.

Blessed is the womb that born you.

Yet GenX'er teens didn't slow down--they were just as likely to drive, drink alcohol, and date as their Boomer peers and more likely to have sex and get pregnant as teens. But then they waited longer to reach full adulthood with careers and children. So GenX'ers managed to lengthen adolescence beyond all previous limits: they started becoming adults earlier and finished becoming adults later.

I have a question. Is it okay to drink while you're pregnant...if you're planning on giving the baby up for adoption?